by Athletic Communications
With another calendar month turned we are one month closer to baseball. The Rangers will be coming off a 23-26 record, 11-21 in conference last season finishing 8th in the Great American Conference. The fall baseball season has come to a close and offseason workouts are in full force. With that being said the 2020 baseball schedule was released earlier this week.
Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball will open the season as a participant of the 2020 Edmond 1st Pitch Invitational. The Rangers will be there for three games starting on January 31st against Missouri Southern State at 1PM. The Invitational will continue to be played on February 1st and 2nd against University of Central Oklahoma and Pittsburg St respectively.
After the three game road invitational Ranger baseball will have their home opener at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium on February 4th versus UCO at 3PM. This will open their first homestand of the season which will total nine games running through February 4th- February 15th. Games 7-9 on the homestand will open up the 2020 conference play as well against Southern Nazarene on February 14th and then a double header on the 15th.
NWOSU will play host of the Ranger Roundup Series at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium. The tournament will feature four teams including Northwestern. These teams will include Washburn, Truman, Rockhurst, and NWOSU. It will run from February 6th-9th with a total of seven games, four being Northwestern related playing Washburn twice while facing Truman and Rockhurst once.
Rangers will follow the nine game homestand with a nine game road trip to face UCO, Newman, Northeastern state out of conference along with Oklahoma Baptist and Southern Arkansas being the GAC opponents.
Rangers will welcome the 2019 GAC regular season champion into Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium for a three game series on March 6th and a doubleheader March 7th starting at 1PM. The Rangers will play against the 2019 GAC tournament champion four times; being the Bison of Oklahoma Baptist on February 21st and a double header February 22nd in Shawnee. The fourth game is a neutral location game at David Allen Ballpark in Enid, Okla.
The season will come to a close on April 24th and April 25th as the Rangers will travel to Weatherford Okla. to take on longtime rival Southwestern Oklahoma State.
The overall schedule includes 50 total games with an even split of 25 home and 25 road games.